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. >> big publisher of poems repress, thank you for a few minutes . . who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian jewish family. she recalls she would call for young josephine to turn the light on for her. 60 years later you could hear the pride in her voice being called upon for that task. it's probable families living in our tenement open until the year 1935 discussed or of mitered norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with louisa thomas d. author of conscience. she will be signing copies of the book after the topic and keep in mind when you buy a book your supporting the author, the publisher and the museum. if you choose to become a member this evening, we will give you a complimentary copy of conscience. tonight's conversation is led by john mechem, executive editor and vice president of random house. a former editor of newsweek and pulitzer prize-winning author and commentator on politics,?g?g history and religious base in?gg america and is editor of our jeg public media and contributor tog the pbs tele
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not a big one but little one. slight downgrade even if a deal is reached and finally the serious one, which it looks like we're headed towards avoiding is a major downgrade if the u.s. defaults on payments. everybody seems to be saying we heard mitch mcconnell saying we're not headed towards a default. everybody thinks they have a science as to what's going to cause a default and what isn't. the ratings agencies, fred, have not been fantastic at doing their work. we know this from 2008, from the layman brothers debacle. we may not have dodged a downgrade entirely but may have dodged the worst of it. the us has never been anything but aaa since the first rating by moody's in 1917. most pay to be rated by the way. the u.s. does not pay to be rated. we pay $250 billion at the federal level in interest payments every year. that of course is what would go up if we lost the rating, fred. >> this past week, aali, the dow dropped 500 points or so, so if no deal by today and once the asian markets do open up, if it's about
not a big one but little one. slight downgrade even if a deal is reached and finally the serious one, which it looks like we're headed towards avoiding is a major downgrade if the u.s. defaults on payments. everybody seems to be saying we heard mitch mcconnell saying we're not headed towards a default. everybody thinks they have a science as to what's going to cause a default and what isn't. the ratings agencies, fred, have not been fantastic at doing their work. we know this from 2008, from...
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we need to do big things and needed to have done big things. the fact the president won't agree with bigger things, maybe some blame is on us as republicans for not being flexible enough. but the fact is that the country needs to do these things. since we're not going to get a big thing done, the thing to do is do a small thing and try to get the country behind doing the big thing. >> the gang of six. do you have any agreement that was something that republicans could live with and do you think democrat woz have lived witness as well? >> i think some. my distaste is that it's better than nothing. it's far better than anything we've got there now. it's -- it in fact recognizes the we have to reform the tax code. there are some revenue increases in it. but the biggest problem why we're having trouble is because we zront a big friendly climate in this country that would stimulate all new jobs, last owe years have come from new business. new businesses have created and we're stifling that in terms of what we've done to credit market and regulations
we need to do big things and needed to have done big things. the fact the president won't agree with bigger things, maybe some blame is on us as republicans for not being flexible enough. but the fact is that the country needs to do these things. since we're not going to get a big thing done, the thing to do is do a small thing and try to get the country behind doing the big thing. >> the gang of six. do you have any agreement that was something that republicans could live with and do you...
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we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly haven't heard from you so if you'd like to her housemates be i know time is short. i just want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certainly in a crisis, and you all know that. and history is going to be written. what's it going to say? i was somewhat relieved, even as for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what would have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i'm glad to see them go back and do what he does well. he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentleman go do what he does well. we are in a cri
we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly...
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now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president supports the plan by senate majority leader harry reid which includes $2.70 trillion in savings, no tax increases, and no cuts to social security or medicare. the president spoke from the east room of >> the government had a surplus but the money was spent on the two wars and expensive prescription drug program. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion, the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant that there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on text cuts for middle-class families to spur the economy and unemployment insurance, and aid to
now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president...
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big companies are announcing big lay-offs. big blackberry maker, there have been others. are you worried about a double dip and how that complicates things? >> yeah, yeah. it sure does. if we go a double dip, if you asked me that question three weeks ago, a month ago, i would have said no w he -- we are not going to have a double dip. now speed bump that obama call it, looks to be a ditch those numbers, companies like cisco, blackberry, laying off workers. that's a really bad sign. it suggests we may be headed to a double dip. here's the problem if we do hit a double dip on this economy, it doesn't matter what they do on the debt deal. the deficit is going way up again. we could hit a two trillion dollar deficit if we hit a double dip recession because we won't get the revenues that you need people are -- you need when people are working. >> neil: very good to see you again. steve moore, in pennsylvania. >> we default it is armageddon. the presidential candidate who says if we don't default it is real armageddon. thanks to the venture card from capital one, we get double
big companies are announcing big lay-offs. big blackberry maker, there have been others. are you worried about a double dip and how that complicates things? >> yeah, yeah. it sure does. if we go a double dip, if you asked me that question three weeks ago, a month ago, i would have said no w he -- we are not going to have a double dip. now speed bump that obama call it, looks to be a ditch those numbers, companies like cisco, blackberry, laying off workers. that's a really bad sign. it...
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that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying he has done everything he can to get this debt ceiling increased by that august 2nd deadline. he is saying the responsibility is with the democrats. all eyes have been on senate leader, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to see if he will get behind harry reid and help him rally the troops. so far that hasn't happened. mitch mcconnell has said he wants the white house to come to the table. no word if that is going to happen at this point. again, right now all eyes are on the senate. senator harry reid's plan to increase the debt c
that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying...
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picture is the big story for russia if if the u.s. or europe doesn't get it right if they make a major mistake and we dare for go into some you know a double dipper or a big slowdown and global economy then of course russia is going to be whacked just as much as they will talk about oil in the second part of the program or what do you think about this i mean how is russia fairing through all of this volatility because we can later on we'll talk about what happened in two thousand and eight but you know is russia a better bet in some ways i mean it is a flight to quality. in some ways i think russia is. more vulnerable now than before and i would like to go back to the fiscally sure that i mentioned as everybody knows that oil price that is needed to balance the budget right now it's at one hundred and twenty five dollars it was much the. before before the crisis russia was was in a much better fiscal positions they had more money to do to put into aggressive counter cyclical fiscal policy if now if we experience a major shock to all p
picture is the big story for russia if if the u.s. or europe doesn't get it right if they make a major mistake and we dare for go into some you know a double dipper or a big slowdown and global economy then of course russia is going to be whacked just as much as they will talk about oil in the second part of the program or what do you think about this i mean how is russia fairing through all of this volatility because we can later on we'll talk about what happened in two thousand and eight but...
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where haas thou gone, big big? big bankses? bring back your lobbyists, your pr firms, your grassroots advocates yearning to bill more in fees. why won't the industries that stand to lose so much from house republicans intrance gens work to avoid their own losses? i think i know. nobody likes to admit a mistake. many of those organizationses helped to elect this tea party crowd. could it be they have buyer's remorse? if so, don't worry about it, guys, we forgive you. please, please by helping save your own skin and ours in the process. talk some sense into those house republicans. dylan? >> how much of the cognitive dissonance that you reference with the tea party crowd do you think is actually everywhere, there are people on the democratic side that expected a tremendous amount from this president and can't reconcile the attractive nature of hi rhetoric with the incredibly offensive nature of hi policies? the tea party crowd can't reconciles that? are we at a point -- it's not just forgiving the business businesses, it's almost
where haas thou gone, big big? big bankses? bring back your lobbyists, your pr firms, your grassroots advocates yearning to bill more in fees. why won't the industries that stand to lose so much from house republicans intrance gens work to avoid their own losses? i think i know. nobody likes to admit a mistake. many of those organizationses helped to elect this tea party crowd. could it be they have buyer's remorse? if so, don't worry about it, guys, we forgive you. please, please by helping...
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things done, we can -- washington can still get big things done. this is about continuing to have a strong economy and continuing to compromise and take maybe a couple chapters out of tip o'neil, bob michael, ronald reagan, president clinton, people that have served in this town with distinction and gotten big things done through compromise. >> jay? >> some house republicans said that they've already compromised and that's what the boehner bill is, it is a compromise. >> well, i'm going to let jay -- >> oh, come on! >> i'm going to let jay do his job here. i'm not here to take his job. i'm here to try and put forth a message that in one of the highest unemployment sectors in the country, where we have friends and neighbors all over the country that are out of work during the construction season, they ought to go back to work. they shouldn't be held hostage. these projects shouldn't be held hostage, and we have 4,000 faa employees through no -- hardworking people that come to work every day and do their jobs. >> can you explain what the bottleneck i
things done, we can -- washington can still get big things done. this is about continuing to have a strong economy and continuing to compromise and take maybe a couple chapters out of tip o'neil, bob michael, ronald reagan, president clinton, people that have served in this town with distinction and gotten big things done through compromise. >> jay? >> some house republicans said that they've already compromised and that's what the boehner bill is, it is a compromise. >> well,...
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too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy tt simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the much greater risk is on the side of making the mistake that japan made. >> chaie: not to do enough. >> not to do, not to do enough. and i think the people who a fighti the war of the late 1970's are with the best of intentions and with a legitimate concern by pvileging that concern are putting future prosperity at risk. >> charlie: how do you create demand? i know thebig picture. you use the government to promote policies. what are the policies to get people to demand me procts so companies can make more products and hire more people and use capital to buil
too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy tt simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the much...
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still a big wedding. 400 people on the list. the entire royal aunt rage will be there, including the duke and duchess of came braj themselves, as well as prince harry. they're going to a party afterwards at the queen's residents here in edinburgh. this is supposed to last until 2:00 in the morning. there will be rugby players there. it's bound to be eventful. >> how many are supposed to attend? >> 400 are supposed to be there. compare that to the nearly 2,000 that were at william and catherine's wedding ceremony. it's a much smaller scale. we've been asking the palace all week to give us some details, and they won't do it because they say this is a private wedding, and as a private wedding, they're keeping those details close to the vest. zara phillips is 13th in line to the throne as compared to william's second in line to the throne, so they handle the situation very differently, but, you know, this ceremony is really reflective of the couple themselves. they've actually been dating for more than seven years. they're described
still a big wedding. 400 people on the list. the entire royal aunt rage will be there, including the duke and duchess of came braj themselves, as well as prince harry. they're going to a party afterwards at the queen's residents here in edinburgh. this is supposed to last until 2:00 in the morning. there will be rugby players there. it's bound to be eventful. >> how many are supposed to attend? >> 400 are supposed to be there. compare that to the nearly 2,000 that were at william...
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i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a downgrade. it is unsure whether that would happen. the reid plan, even though a lot of the parts of that are seen by many as gimmicks, probably would pass that hurdle and you wouldn't get that immediate downgrade. that's an interesting distinction. >> stand by for a moment. i want to bring back kate and jessica. there is a harry reid plan and a john boehner plan. given the stakes involved, why not have these two gentlemen sit down together and sort of reach a compromise? i'll meet you halfway here. you meet me halfway there. let's get
i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a...
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. >> big difference between talking and getting stuff done. and i get stuff done. >> it's the latest chantner the rivalry of the two minnesota candidates for the republican presidential nomination, which boiled over yesterday, with pawlenty having spent almost two weeks saying bachmann has no congressional accomplishments to speak of, bachmann had enough. in a sunday statement, she fired back saying "i've fought against irresponsible spending while governor pawlenty was leading a multimillion dollar budget mess in minnesota." later the bachmann campaign added on healthcare mandates, climate change and wall street bail-outs there's very little daylight between governor pawlenty's record and the obama administration's." this back and forth comes with pawlenty still trailing bachmann in the polls. for bachmann, the verbal sparring seems to come with at least some risk. it will likely draw even more attention to the iowa straw poll, less than three weeks away, and pawlenty seems to have the advantage of a larger, deeper iowa organization. the stra
. >> big difference between talking and getting stuff done. and i get stuff done. >> it's the latest chantner the rivalry of the two minnesota candidates for the republican presidential nomination, which boiled over yesterday, with pawlenty having spent almost two weeks saying bachmann has no congressional accomplishments to speak of, bachmann had enough. in a sunday statement, she fired back saying "i've fought against irresponsible spending while governor pawlenty was leading...
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it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there is excess success we have the following procedure. polish that there is excess -- that there is success we have to follow and proceed. they have many demands. >> to you try to meet with them? >> have met with many factions of them. i am not saying that they are not good, but every group or person has his agenda, his demands, and it is absolutely -- no government in the world can respond to all of these collective demands. we have enough patience to deal with them and we are committed until this moment that the fire on
it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there...
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remember what i said. $3.7 trillion, the cuts they're talking about, the big debate, the big onerous back and forth, i hate you, i hate you more, relative chump change in the scheme of things. we're arguing over this, no wonder we're in the pickle we are, and no wonder we feel obligated to stay here throughout the weekend
remember what i said. $3.7 trillion, the cuts they're talking about, the big debate, the big onerous back and forth, i hate you, i hate you more, relative chump change in the scheme of things. we're arguing over this, no wonder we're in the pickle we are, and no wonder we feel obligated to stay here throughout the weekend
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clean is the best way to do this, the traditional way to do this, to where we are now, which is how big a deficit reduction package should accompany it? >> well, as i think the speaker of the house is discovering tonight and is the reality that we all live with here in washington, lawrence, which is that this is a divided government. a two-party system. nobody gets entirely what he or she wants. and, yes, if we had been doing this in the normal way, as has been historically done, there would have been a clean debt ceiling vote, which traditionally has been an unpleasant vote often for members of congress, but routine and noncontroversial and certainly not tied to any kind of deficit reduction package or any other measure for that matter. what happened is that the speaker of the house made clear that -- and republicans in general that they were linking the willingness to raise the debt ceiling to significant deficit reduction. as you know, for a long time, we rejected the link. but because we believe we need to reduce our deficits and get our debt under control. we also worked concurrent
clean is the best way to do this, the traditional way to do this, to where we are now, which is how big a deficit reduction package should accompany it? >> well, as i think the speaker of the house is discovering tonight and is the reality that we all live with here in washington, lawrence, which is that this is a divided government. a two-party system. nobody gets entirely what he or she wants. and, yes, if we had been doing this in the normal way, as has been historically done, there...
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that balanced budget amendment is the big sticking point. harry reid wants to vote down the house republican plan and has a plan of his own. one increase in the debt ceiling would allow the president to borrow another $2.4 trillion. it would have about $2.2 trillion in cuts to offset the new borrowing. some from save negotiation afghanistan and iraq. the republican doesn't trust the math and a committee that would have to be formed for additional deficit reduction steps. that is where we stand. the house republicans have their plan, the democrats do have theirs? can they work out a compromise by monday night, august 2nd, at midnight. the government would have less money coming in than it needs to pay out in bills. eric ericson, as a conservative, what is the line? do you want any deal? don't go to the point where we might have a default? or is it a balanced budget amendment, size of the spending cuts? what is the red line for conservatives in a compromise negotiation, what should it be? >> you know, i tend to agree with jeff lake, send s.j.
that balanced budget amendment is the big sticking point. harry reid wants to vote down the house republican plan and has a plan of his own. one increase in the debt ceiling would allow the president to borrow another $2.4 trillion. it would have about $2.2 trillion in cuts to offset the new borrowing. some from save negotiation afghanistan and iraq. the republican doesn't trust the math and a committee that would have to be formed for additional deficit reduction steps. that is where we stand....
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can she get real support from big downers? another problem that's coming up, she's missing a lot of votes. she's a member of congress. where is she on the votes? she's missed 50 of 135 votes. >> she's made 50 votes, and a lot of competitors have not missed votes in a way she has. i think you combine that with the migraine stories, she's got to get in front of the issues and explain why she hasn't been on the floor of the congress especially as the country is facing a battle right now on capitol hill. >> well, we'll see where it goes. i mean, at this rate, her biggest contribution may be to stop sarah palin. >> if that's a contribution, i think some people will take it, al. >> i'll take it. let me ask you this. how does she regroup? do you think if she came out of the bubble and dealt with these questions straight up and forthright, she can recapture it? she had momentum going, and she has struck fear into the heart of tim pawlenty. >> they're fighting and -- >> there's a healthy tit for tat going between the two campaigns. the
can she get real support from big downers? another problem that's coming up, she's missing a lot of votes. she's a member of congress. where is she on the votes? she's missed 50 of 135 votes. >> she's made 50 votes, and a lot of competitors have not missed votes in a way she has. i think you combine that with the migraine stories, she's got to get in front of the issues and explain why she hasn't been on the floor of the congress especially as the country is facing a battle right now on...
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the big problem is they want to avoid another vote. they just don't want to go through it again six months down the line. i was talking to a senior democratic aide today who outlined for me four completely different scenarios under which actually reid's bill, which is different from boehner's bill, but not that different, could overtake boehner, could be attached to boehner's bill, and they're trying to figure out a way that they can get out of it. i think all eyes now are on the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. as you know, john, he's pretty good with this kind of maneuvering, and one senate democrat said today we need mcconnell to step up and give the big-boy talk to republicans. >> he'll wait for the right moment i think and give the talk. david, i was out of town for a couple of days, i was at an event, my oldest esest son's co campus visit, and a lot of people asked, why does washington look the same? or worse? and i want to show our viewers a little bit of a sample here, where did this guy go? >> i believe that the size
the big problem is they want to avoid another vote. they just don't want to go through it again six months down the line. i was talking to a senior democratic aide today who outlined for me four completely different scenarios under which actually reid's bill, which is different from boehner's bill, but not that different, could overtake boehner, could be attached to boehner's bill, and they're trying to figure out a way that they can get out of it. i think all eyes now are on the senate...
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two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in the senate. we have to get rid of the political statements, the political games, and get something done. you just need house republicans be willing to do something other than say, as i read this morning, the boehner bill is take it or leave it, we will stick the default on the president. that's not the way we govern in this country. that's not the right thing to do. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you very much. the very latest from the white house. thanks for coming. >>> if the boehner bill does clear the house as is expected now, senate majority leader harry reid says the senate will vote on it tonight a
two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in...
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the deficit is like tip o'neil big and fat and out of control. it was never personal and never in the sense they are doing today. >> where did this go? the president is saying that we don't have a dole by august 2nd we are defaulting. >> no, we are not defaulting. everyone knows it is raised. all of the checks will be paid and everyone will be paid . frankly the issue of the budget deficit and government spending and all of that. we have plenty of time and not that we shouldn't have done it sooner than later. the u.s. is not greece or portugal and the way of basing the tax rate increases and changes in obama care should be handled in the election. this is november 2012 issue. i would like to see a short term debt deal and let it be fought out in election time. that's where the voters make the choice . the end game is november 2012 and obama is playing it poorly and poll numbers are showing he's not getting advantage out of being mean and nasty and holding the u.s. hostage. this is not to his political advantage either. >> art, thank you. >>> and
the deficit is like tip o'neil big and fat and out of control. it was never personal and never in the sense they are doing today. >> where did this go? the president is saying that we don't have a dole by august 2nd we are defaulting. >> no, we are not defaulting. everyone knows it is raised. all of the checks will be paid and everyone will be paid . frankly the issue of the budget deficit and government spending and all of that. we have plenty of time and not that we shouldn't have...
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but there's a big problem. neither of those plans may be able to get through congress and the clock is ticking. cnn congressional correspondent kate boulwan joins us now. let's start in the house where speaker john boehner has laid out his version of the republican solution. spell it out for us. >> reporter: a lot of details to it, jessica, but what it really comes down to is the length of the increase, if you will. house speaker john boehner is calling for two votes in order to raise the debt ceiling. first, a vote that would come with $1.2 trillion in spending cuts to get the country through early next year and another vote would be required that would get the to 2013. but only if, and this is the important part, if congress would approve the spending cuts attached to that, or the deficit reduction measures attached to that that would come from a newly created committee, and that of course is the big hangup with democrats. they are very much opposed to having to vote for a second time to raise the debt ceilin
but there's a big problem. neither of those plans may be able to get through congress and the clock is ticking. cnn congressional correspondent kate boulwan joins us now. let's start in the house where speaker john boehner has laid out his version of the republican solution. spell it out for us. >> reporter: a lot of details to it, jessica, but what it really comes down to is the length of the increase, if you will. house speaker john boehner is calling for two votes in order to raise the...
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i can't believe i'm endorsing a book when i'm in a big fight with you here. juan, here is the problem and we went over this with rand paul. all of these bills short of cut, cap and balance all of them and you can't tell me what the president's plan is because he didn't have the courage to come forward with one. he didn't do what the republicans did because i think he is in over his head, he is weak and not a leader. that aside -- >> okay. >> thank you for con ceding that point. >> i didn't but go right ahead. >> sean: the republicans have put forward their plan and with all of these plans short of cut cap and balance and what rand paul and i were talking about tonight, we are still increasing spending 8% a year. we are -- not only are we taking a sledge hammer to our kids piggy banks we are taking a bulldozer to freedom our constitution and their future opportunity and that is why this matters. we get this right now. and that is why the president shut should have led. >> let me say this to you, the president has been leading and the president has been trying
i can't believe i'm endorsing a book when i'm in a big fight with you here. juan, here is the problem and we went over this with rand paul. all of these bills short of cut, cap and balance all of them and you can't tell me what the president's plan is because he didn't have the courage to come forward with one. he didn't do what the republicans did because i think he is in over his head, he is weak and not a leader. that aside -- >> okay. >> thank you for con ceding that point....
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a big problem. they're now scrambling to rewrite the bill and it is unclear what will really happen. they were spending all day today trying to sell the bill to their members, gloria. not rewrite it'll. >> so what happens? we weren't sure he had the votes before to pass it in the house. now it looks even less likely, right? >> definitely seems like more problem, more headaches added to the speaker's plate. unclear. what we were told as this was happening, they were aiming for a vote tofmorrow. unclear. definitely, very easy to understand that it would be even a bigger problem selling this to house conservative who's were already complaining that this bill didn't go far enough. >> and clearly, kate, the speaker does not want to lose. so thank you very much. and stay on top of that story. it is important. meanwhile tonight, we're getting some mixed messages out of the white house, too. just a short time ago on cnn, white house communications director dan pfeiffer told jessica yellin that president oba
a big problem. they're now scrambling to rewrite the bill and it is unclear what will really happen. they were spending all day today trying to sell the bill to their members, gloria. not rewrite it'll. >> so what happens? we weren't sure he had the votes before to pass it in the house. now it looks even less likely, right? >> definitely seems like more problem, more headaches added to the speaker's plate. unclear. what we were told as this was happening, they were aiming for a vote...
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we are doing it against big odds because he's got the bully pulpit in the white house. the democrats control the senate. but the house republicans are doing everything they can to steer this debate and we want in the senate, we want to have an opportunity to join them many we hope we will get that chance when the winner -- when the boehner plan comes our way. >> sean: thank you senators. michelle malkin is here. we'll get her reaction to senator reid accusing speaker boehner of caving to the tea party movement and the attacks again the tea party that took place in the "wall street journal" and the weekly standard, coming up. my doctor told me calcium is besabsorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. ♪ ♪ i like dat, all right [ male announcer ] mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...or a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. it's the cleanest, cle
we are doing it against big odds because he's got the bully pulpit in the white house. the democrats control the senate. but the house republicans are doing everything they can to steer this debate and we want in the senate, we want to have an opportunity to join them many we hope we will get that chance when the winner -- when the boehner plan comes our way. >> sean: thank you senators. michelle malkin is here. we'll get her reaction to senator reid accusing speaker boehner of caving to...
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. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian official. they were arrested along the iran/iraq border fortress passing and spying for the u.s. today's news dashes hopes they would be released immediately after the day's final hearing in their case. has a best-in-class driving range of over 500 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in pebble beach and the afternoon meeting in los angeles all without running out of gas. just make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with uni
. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian...
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the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should see a lot of thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic and the monsoonal showers and storms will continue in the four corners region. a lit of disappointment in texas. it didn't come true. hopefully we'll get another weak tropical system later in the season. >> keep it right here. we will have a live report from corpus christie, texas, coming up. >>> meantime, the search for a missing new hampshire girl, whab haven't police issued an amber alert? >>> back to court, the battle over dna evidence heats up in amanda knox' appeal in italy. >>> what
the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should...
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it's a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the thing that is goes along. then we can drive out and go out to where it says clays, which is one of the types of minerals. and that patch of green there is a place that we would study. then we go up into where it says sullfathes another kind of a hydrated mineral and then we work our way up the mound. so we're exploring a jee logical environment that consists of a stack of layers. so let me skip to the next one. why do these layers matter? well, this is the history of geological exploration on earth and 150 years ago when explorers discovered the grand canyon they discord these layers of rock. if you start at the bottom of the pile of layers and go to the top, it's like reading a novel and we think that's going to be a great novel about the evolution of mars that offers strong prospects potentially for the discovery of habittable environments and maybe even a shot at potentially discovering organic compounds. but even if we don't find those orgnicks what we learned like studying a place like the grand canyon is
it's a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the thing that is goes along. then we can drive out and go out to where it says clays, which is one of the types of minerals. and that patch of green there is a place that we would study. then we go up into where it says sullfathes another kind of a hydrated mineral and then we work our way up the mound. so we're exploring a jee logical environment that consists of a stack of layers. so let me skip to the next one. why do these...
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that hits every big weak spot in the economy: jobs. 70,000 construction workers and 4,000 f.a.a. employees furloughed. stimulus: 150 airport construction projects stalled. the deficit: $200 million a week in ticket taxes lost because the f.a.a. has no authority to collect them. there are two main staking points. democrats want to make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize, republicans don't. and republicans want cuts in so-called essential air servic services. essential air service pays $163 million tax dollars for airlines to fly on little-used routes that might otherwise shut down. in a cbs news investigation, we took one government subsidized flight from washington to virginia's shenandoah valley. we found just four passengers on board and the plane went on to west virginia empty. today transportation secretary ray lahood urged congress to solve their disputes. >> and for all of my friends on capitol hill who give speeches everyday about jobs, the importance of jobs, putting people to work, this is not the time to be laying off 70,000 construction workers. >>
that hits every big weak spot in the economy: jobs. 70,000 construction workers and 4,000 f.a.a. employees furloughed. stimulus: 150 airport construction projects stalled. the deficit: $200 million a week in ticket taxes lost because the f.a.a. has no authority to collect them. there are two main staking points. democrats want to make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize, republicans don't. and republicans want cuts in so-called essential air servic services. essential air...
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brace yourself for the big, bold taste tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. sunday's... they re close to a deal with six foot nine, 350-pound >>> the raiders found their new left tackle and you won't be able to miss him on sundays. they are close to a deal with 6'9". he won't be teammates after seven seasons with the raiders. the all-pro quarterback agreed to a deal with the eagles. >> i know, it's sad. carlos had his first hit, but it was former giant and world series mvp stealing the spotlight tonight. he hits the gimme winning double in the 13th. the reds peat the giants 4-3. astros right star said good-bye after he find out he-headed to the phillies in exchange for four proke pecks. the most he's allowed this season from josh willham. the marquis match of the bank of the west classic between maria shea pow have and didn't raise up to the height. advances to the semifinals. >> work coming back at 11:00, see you then. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you go
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we are doing it against big odds because he's got the bully pulpit in the white house. the democrats control the senate. but the house republicans are doing everything they can to steer this debate and we want in the senate, we want to have an opportunity to join them many we hope we will get that chance when the winner -- when the boehner plan comes our way. >> sean: thank you senators. michelle malkin is here. we'll get her reaction to senator reid accusing speaker boehner of caving to the tea party movement and the attacks again the tea party that took place in the "wall street journal" and the wee [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster we can find. yeah! [ male announcer ] hurry in to crabfest at red l
we are doing it against big odds because he's got the bully pulpit in the white house. the democrats control the senate. but the house republicans are doing everything they can to steer this debate and we want in the senate, we want to have an opportunity to join them many we hope we will get that chance when the winner -- when the boehner plan comes our way. >> sean: thank you senators. michelle malkin is here. we'll get her reaction to senator reid accusing speaker boehner of caving to...
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one of the big i guess thought processes on both sides is who loses most. if america goes to default. obviously, number one, the american people. but would it be a massive blow to the democrats or more of a blow to republicans? >> i think it will be a blow to both, probably roughly equal, depending on how you look at it. and i believe it would have to lay mostly at the feet of the president. chief executive of the united states. if you can't get a budget together and deal with debt as chief executive of the country, then you're a pretty weak leader. the reality is -- you have to put this in context. the problem isn't the crisis we're going through right now. the problem is the totally unprecede unprecedented, out of control spending we're doing. the president of the united states has come to congress asking them to increase the debt ceiling more than any president has ever asked, ever. i mean this is way beyond any president has ever asked. he wonders, why do they want to reduce spending? because he's asking for a bigger increase in debt than any president
one of the big i guess thought processes on both sides is who loses most. if america goes to default. obviously, number one, the american people. but would it be a massive blow to the democrats or more of a blow to republicans? >> i think it will be a blow to both, probably roughly equal, depending on how you look at it. and i believe it would have to lay mostly at the feet of the president. chief executive of the united states. if you can't get a budget together and deal with debt as...
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minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america not only for one day, but for a decade and maybe the rest of the century. and this is not being done by an outside power. we're spending $700 billion on defense, and we're destroying ourselves by a self-inflicted wound because of political dysfunction, political rigidity and political ideology. what the heck is this? and i could even use more intense language. what we are about to do -- we cannot allow this to happen. so i say to my colleagues, look, one of my colleagues said to me yesterday, senator mikulski, what would it take to
minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united...
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these parties are big tents. speaker boehner has a land that a lot of tea party people aren't wild about. tell me, if you were in the senate and speaker boehner's bill came to the senate, would you vote yes or no on it? >> i would not i've said from the beginning what we need to do is be focused. we have to focus on what we want to accomplish. the principles we want to accomplish is to balance the budget and limit the size and scale of government. there's only one continuing that does that as rand paul just said, the american public supports a balanced budget amendment. we can say mr. president, i'm happy to negotiate on cuts right now. i'm happy to do less cuts right now if that -- if you feel that's the worst thing for the economy, fine. let's agree to balance the budget as rand said, seven to eight years is what it would take into effect. that give us a timeline to get there. it gives the market the certainty that the budget will be balanced. that we will get our fiscal house in order. we will have limited gov
these parties are big tents. speaker boehner has a land that a lot of tea party people aren't wild about. tell me, if you were in the senate and speaker boehner's bill came to the senate, would you vote yes or no on it? >> i would not i've said from the beginning what we need to do is be focused. we have to focus on what we want to accomplish. the principles we want to accomplish is to balance the budget and limit the size and scale of government. there's only one continuing that does...
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expedia. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. -why? -why? -why? [ female announcer ] we all age differently. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage will fade. roc multi-correxion. correct what ages you. >>> quick look at the top stories on msnbc.com right now. the number one as you might have imagined, is president and speaker boehner going head to head last night on television. number two, man survives three days in a snake-infested manhole. number three, how to get in touch with extra-terrestrials, using your home radio. our producer rob gifford has answers to what you're doing up this morning. >> michelle in st. louis writes, i'm awake because my cat got stuck in a plastic so shopping bag and came running into my room to be freed at 4:25 a.m. >> people whose pets have been
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into the central valley or sierra nevada, definitely feeling like summer. 80s in fresno but mid-70s big sur. 80 in los angeles. here is what is going on. the trough is lifting out but winds are awfully light. we are looking a little bit of warming, still our sea breeze and ridge of high pressure to build ever so slightly just about into the east bay, not shutting off our low clouds and fog and sea breeze. we'll stay with temperatures pretty comfortable. we're not looking at any heat wave by any means. few 80s in the south bay. upper 70s on the peninsula. it will stay pretty breezy and foggy here near the coast. that is why san francisco will stay in the 60 baes's but you'll see sunny skies. he north bay,w mid-80s. berkeley and oakland, usual spots a little cool. mid-70s union city and out over the hills. here is where things are warming up. 89 in concord and 78 in pleasanton and sunshine, might have to wait a bit in monterey, sunny down in san luis obispo. so very modest temperatures. >>> scientists in northern california have a theory about how gold fish in new zealand were able to sur
into the central valley or sierra nevada, definitely feeling like summer. 80s in fresno but mid-70s big sur. 80 in los angeles. here is what is going on. the trough is lifting out but winds are awfully light. we are looking a little bit of warming, still our sea breeze and ridge of high pressure to build ever so slightly just about into the east bay, not shutting off our low clouds and fog and sea breeze. we'll stay with temperatures pretty comfortable. we're not looking at any heat wave by any...
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taking a big step st in the right direction. it is pretty clear to me that they are just not willing tong do it. that the next election mattershe more than doing what is right t for the country.or i am not worried about them n w next election. i told the president monthsld pe ago, forget the next election. if we do the right thing forif h the country, we won't have to ho worry about who is going tooing get elected and who isn't. >> speaker boehner, want to thank you, as always, forlways r coming in and we will see how the world turns this week, sir. >> we sure will.eure >>> coming up, our sunday panel and how the debate overebt the debt ceiling is playing plag out. and what will happen next. my cream is what makes stouffer's fettuccini alfredo so delicious. i think you'll find it's the vegetables. deliciously rich. flavorful! [ female announcer ] together at last. introducing new stouffer's farmers' harvest with sides of lightly sauteed farm-picked vegetables. find more ways to get to the table at letsfixdinner.com. vietnam, 196
taking a big step st in the right direction. it is pretty clear to me that they are just not willing tong do it. that the next election mattershe more than doing what is right t for the country.or i am not worried about them n w next election. i told the president monthsld pe ago, forget the next election. if we do the right thing forif h the country, we won't have to ho worry about who is going tooing get elected and who isn't. >> speaker boehner, want to thank you, as always, forlways r...
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. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are people across this country without work. peel under incredible economic stress right now. that's the crisis. there is a crisis. >> lowering tax rates at this time will create jobbed. >> right now there's a -- just if we could introduce the fact here, right now the federal tax take is at 15% gdp. that is incredibly -- hang on. hang on. so that is incredibly low. it's incredibly low by global standards. >> yeah. >> industrialized countries, incredibly low by u.s. historical standards. >> 6070 years. >> to have an argument in which the core premise of one of the party's arguing that
. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are...
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that could end up, as the caller said, it has not been that big a part of the story yet. we could have police facing disciplinary hearings if not criminal prosecutions. host: do you see potential of this bringing down the camden government? guest: -- cameron government? guest: people are beginning to think that. if he had an election in six months, it would be serious. it does not look very good. the scandal last year broke a lot of trust in politicians. now you have got a prime minister who appointed someone, his former communications director, a former editor of "news of the world" when the hacking was taking place. it is hard to believe the prime minister did not know that hacking was endemic at "news of the world," so the only conclusion is that he did not care. host: how do you perceive the coziness or relationship between u.s. politicians and reporters? guest: well, it certainly can be cozy. politicians and reporters socialize together. they go to the same parties very often here in washington. but i don't think it is quite reached the level of the occasions that ha
that could end up, as the caller said, it has not been that big a part of the story yet. we could have police facing disciplinary hearings if not criminal prosecutions. host: do you see potential of this bringing down the camden government? guest: -- cameron government? guest: people are beginning to think that. if he had an election in six months, it would be serious. it does not look very good. the scandal last year broke a lot of trust in politicians. now you have got a prime minister who...
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this is the time to get big things done. >> you hope. senator thank you very much. >> thank you very having me. they're all sweating. >> you sound like the voice of god. >> i like that senator, i like that. i know you have a long night. >> fair and balance. >> and former senator candidate of the state of california. you might have heard about hullard packard. carly, how are you? >> i am great. i >> great. i feel compelled to ask you as a cancer survivor how yourr health is doing? >> i am doing fantastic. i am a survivor. >> indeed you are and you look great. >> this government doesn't though. we are at a serious impasse . whatever deal they are looking at doesn't look great. if they were to get that far. what do you think? >> let me step back for a minute. you are correct. we raised the debt ceiling many times . it is routine. but what we see going on here is a important debate in the context of a terrible economy and how to grow the economy and what the role of government is. it is a debate to go on this year and next election year. unf
this is the time to get big things done. >> you hope. senator thank you very much. >> thank you very having me. they're all sweating. >> you sound like the voice of god. >> i like that senator, i like that. i know you have a long night. >> fair and balance. >> and former senator candidate of the state of california. you might have heard about hullard packard. carly, how are you? >> i am great. i >> great. i feel compelled to ask you as a cancer...
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the all-time record is the big, big heat of 1980 when they went 42 days in a row. today should be day 29, and look at this. they're going to get up into the 30s. look how hot it is on tuesday and wednesday. we have a chance of beating this incredible streak that no one thought we would touch from 1908, one of the hottest summers ever in the midwest. today's forecast -- actually, this is sunday's forecast first. tomorrow we're going to see those thunderstorms in the southeast. monsoonal showers. no one is really going to get washed out. the best chance would be in eastern north carolina. because i mixed up the days, here's your saturday with today's forecast. looks like the rain from don is going to stay whatever is left in mexico. showers and storms and areas of tennessee. it's just amazing that we just can't break this heat wave. it's literally going to take probably a big tropical storm or hurricane to do that, and there's nothing on the way for at least another week. >> okay. well, thanks for taking a look out there for us. bill karins. >>> biologists say they'r
the all-time record is the big, big heat of 1980 when they went 42 days in a row. today should be day 29, and look at this. they're going to get up into the 30s. look how hot it is on tuesday and wednesday. we have a chance of beating this incredible streak that no one thought we would touch from 1908, one of the hottest summers ever in the midwest. today's forecast -- actually, this is sunday's forecast first. tomorrow we're going to see those thunderstorms in the southeast. monsoonal showers....
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doesn't only affect big investment banks or wealthy investors. all around the country ordinary americans with 401(k)'s and college savings accounts lost money yesterday. their life savings took a hit because a small group of radical republicans who don't represent mainstream america have refused to move even one inch towards compromise. yesterday'default will lock our financiarock -- will rock our fl system to its core. many republicans urge time is running out. they've urged their colleagues to compromise. yesterday on the senate floor john mccain, the republican senior senator from arizona, and president obama's opponent in the last presidential election, asked his own party to return to reality. it is not fair, he said, that the american people hold out and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit. he called the radical republican approach -- he called the radical republican approach saying "up is down and denying the sky is blue unfair and bizzaro -- b-i-z-z-a-r-o. he further said, "it's time we listened to the market. it's time we listen
doesn't only affect big investment banks or wealthy investors. all around the country ordinary americans with 401(k)'s and college savings accounts lost money yesterday. their life savings took a hit because a small group of radical republicans who don't represent mainstream america have refused to move even one inch towards compromise. yesterday'default will lock our financiarock -- will rock our fl system to its core. many republicans urge time is running out. they've urged their colleagues...
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double them by 2025. >> it's a big deal. >> laura: it's a big deal. it seems a bit odd given the severity of what's happening to our economy. .4% growth. a downgrade for the first quarter of this year. these numbers are abysmal. the economy has stopped growing, period it's over. >> no doubt about it the bottom line is they believe in the long term it's going to save a lot of oil and cut off our dependents of foreign oil big picture. short-term, you have to wonder, in order to get these vehicles much more efficient that rapidly the big three in detroit already stressed are going to have more economic stress. and so that is an issue. i think the other thing to watch moving forward while senator mcconnell was beating up on the white house today. the white house is looking ahead how they can get a deal this weekend. when you are talking about players with bret, others to watch are some of the younger members who don't have a lot of experience but have key votes in the senate floor. someone like scott brown of mass has who today said he could support the r
double them by 2025. >> it's a big deal. >> laura: it's a big deal. it seems a bit odd given the severity of what's happening to our economy. .4% growth. a downgrade for the first quarter of this year. these numbers are abysmal. the economy has stopped growing, period it's over. >> no doubt about it the bottom line is they believe in the long term it's going to save a lot of oil and cut off our dependents of foreign oil big picture. short-term, you have to wonder, in order to...